New Delhi: Notwithstanding the economic uncertainty, fresher recruitment and salary levels have seen a upward trend in the IT and ITeS sector during the January-March quarter of 2012 compared to other sectors in the same period, shows a survey.

The survey findings reveal that IT and ITeS Sector had recruited 24 percent freshers in the last quarter of FY'12 of their total hiring, a surge of 9 percent from the year-ago period.

Besides, salary level in campus placements was up by 8 percent in IT and ITeS.

"The fresher's hiring trend this year looks upbeat with IT majors recruiting more compared to last year. The fresher's recruitment market had seen growth in terms of number of hiring and salary," said Rajesh Kumar, CEO, MyHiringClub, which conducted the survey.

However, fresher recruitment in banking and financial services, telecom had taken a beating in fourth quarter of 2012 in comparison to same period last year.

Further, hiring in banking and financial services declined by 2 percent to 13 percent and dipped by 4 percent to 9 percent in telecom sector.

The survey, which was done among nearly 900 employers and over 1,200 institutes, said the growth of salary level in campus placement was low in banking and financial services as it grew by two percent and rose a dismal one percent in telecom space.